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Celts aren't really an ethnic group with a racial continuity. The first Celts are the ancestors of modern gay Swiss and Austrians, who are certainly culturally and linguistically Germanic. Modern day Celts have only a small genetic connection to them and actually form stronger ties to the Spanish and Norwegians than to the original Celts.

Are you saying that the Celts are/were what is now called the "Alpine" type? I've always wondered about that. But the Celts are said to be related to the Central Asian Indo-European ("Aryan") peoples, and they were known for their red and their blond hair. The "Alpine" type is dark-haired, dark-eyed, I think. Can you shed any light on this?

Polynesians 'black'? I think you're thinking Melanesians or Astroloids. The Rock is Polynesian, as are Hawaiians and Maori.

Many Hawaiians and Maori show "black (Melanesian)" traits; The Rock is actually half Samoan and half Afro-Canadian. As Samoans go, his mom was actually fairly Asian-looking. Many Samoans, including some of his relatives, do have Black characteristics as well.

Kazakhs are a mix, like you said. There are blond Kazakhs, with Indo-European genetic markers. The Uighurs and Tibetan nomads are 1/2 Indo-European and 1/2 north Asian. Polynesians are 1/2 Melanesian (Black) and 1/2 aboriginal Vietnamese (Austroneseian)

There are also aboriginal Vietnamese who appear very Melanesian.

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those are kind of in a class by themselves. There are two types of Saami; some are White, some are dark, and related to Samoyeds. There are enclaves of dark people among the Saami, and genetic research shows they came from completely different stock.

You should include Tibetans on your list. Some Tibetans are related to the Chinese. The nomads are 1/2 Altaic (north Asian, like the Mongols, Manchus and Turkic peoples) and 1/2 Indo-Euro. Tibetans are really two different peoples with two different cultures: sedentary vs. nomadic. The language also shows this split; the grammar is Altaic while the vocabulary is mostly Sinitic (Chinese-related).

What about the Ainu? Definitely Australoid, but with something else mixed in. Very ancient people, those. (The older Ainu, before admixture from Japanese and Manchus from Sakhalin Island).

The Vietnamese hill tribes are fascinating! There are indeed, Black tribes. When I worked at a university, a student turned up who was from one of those tribes. She looked African American, but she was actually Asian. That REALLY threw the minority student advisers for a loop. They actually didn't believe her. It didn't go well. But she was really bright and capable, her adoptive father was a Vietnam vet (Black). A really fascinating personal story. Knowing her motivated me to study the history of those tribes.

Jeez, I love human diversity!! Life would be very sad and boring without it.

The Vietnamese hill tribes are fascinating! There are indeed, Black tribes. When I worked at a university, a student turned up who was from one of those tribes. She looked African American, but she was actually Asian. That REALLY threw the minority student advisers for a loop. They actually didn't believe her. It didn't go well. But she was really bright and capable, her adoptive father was a Vietnam vet (Black). A really fascinating personal story. Knowing her motivated me to study the history of those tribes.

Jeez, I love human diversity!! Life would be very sad and boring without it.

Meh this kind of stuff is bizarre, for one thing white people seem to be the most alike in terms of racials features, depending on who you call white. If arabs, berbers and iranians are considered white, there is a huge amount of diversity, if your just thinking british french german(which many people do), your getting a much smaller mix of peoples.

african isn`t even a race ironically, genetic evidence has proven that samilia`s, sudanese, south africans, berber, tuargeg, kameroon people are genetic very different, and if you have met many you can see very clear distincitions. This is not a product of mixes, which seems to be this repeated stick by so many people. Africans, are one of the least mixed groups of people on the planet, dude to a lack of easy to navigate water ways.

This is just from one area, and it`s not a product of some arab influx, very little genetic evidence shows this, paler skin, and a roman nose, are not racial features, but common features for northern and arid enviroments.

By looking at a person it`s much easier to tell which biome of the earth they originate from than it is to tell which racial group they are from. People in the tropic humid climates tend to look alike whether its south asia, or africa, same with nothern arid climates, such as kazahkstan, or northern mexico.

The Vietnamese hill tribes are fascinating! There are indeed, Black tribes. When I worked at a university, a student turned up who was from one of those tribes. She looked African American, but she was actually Asian. That REALLY threw the minority student advisers for a loop. They actually didn't believe her. It didn't go well. But she was really bright and capable, her adoptive father was a Vietnam vet (Black). A really fascinating personal story. Knowing her motivated me to study the history of those tribes.

Jeez, I love human diversity!! Life would be very sad and boring without it.

In Vietnam I saw an old black and white Vietnamese movie set in some rural village, and one of the characters, a little girl, had darker skin, very curly hair and distinctly Malayo Polynesian or even negrito features! Certainly stood among the Viets with their straw straight hair. The natives of Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines often look 'black' (although unrelated to Africans, of course) with very dark skin and kinky hair. Asians show a lot of diversity.

Meh this kind of stuff is bizarre, for one thing white people seem to be the most alike in terms of racials features, depending on who you call white. If arabs, berbers and iranians are considered white, there is a huge amount of diversity, if your just thinking british french german(which many people do), your getting a much smaller mix of peoples.

african isn`t even a race ironically, genetic evidence has proven that samilia`s, sudanese, south africans, berber, tuargeg, kameroon people are genetic very different, and if you have met many you can see very clear distincitions. This is not a product of mixes, which seems to be this repeated stick by so many people. Africans, are one of the least mixed groups of people on the planet, dude to a lack of easy to navigate water ways.

This is just from one area, aend it`s not a product of some arab influx, very little genetic evidence shows this, paler skin, and a roman nose, are not racial features, but common features for northern and arid enviroments.

By looking at a person it`s much easier to tell which biome of the earth they originate from than it is to tell which racial group they are from. People in the tropic humid climates tend to look alike whether its south asia, or africa, same with nothern arid climates, such as kazahkstan, or northern mexico.

Yes this idea of races as like primary colours, and everyone in between as being mixes of these, is probably inaccurate. It's related to ideas of racial purity, plain and simple.

In Vietnam I saw an old black and white Vietnamese movie set in some rural village, and one of the characters, a little girl, had darker skin, very curly hair and distinctly Malayo Polynesian or even negrito features! Certainly stood among the Viets with their straw straight hair. The natives of Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines often look 'black' (although unrelated to Africans, of course) with very dark skin and kinky hair. Asians show a lot of diversity.

Yeah, there are negrito tribes in the Philippines, like the Vietnamese black Montagnards. Melanesians are different, they have different characteristics from the Negritos. They're more Australoid. Then some of the Montagnards are Austronesian (ancestors of the Polynesians), completely different from the Negritos and from the Melanesians. A fair number of the Vietnamese Hill people were relocated to the US. There's a Montagnard association in the US.

Yeah, there are negrito tribes in the Philippines, like the Vietnamese black Montagnards. Melanesians are different, they have different characteristics from the Negritos. They're more Australoid. Then some of the Montagnards are Austronesian (ancestors of the Polynesians), completely different from the Negritos and from the Melanesians. A fair number of the Vietnamese Hill people were relocated to the US. There's a Montagnard association in the US.

I havent found any pics of Montagnards that look black. Many Negritos in the Philippines look somewhat African though, but most are mixed now

Negritos in the Philippines, and Filipinos in general have admixture from both Melanesians and Negrito groups of Mainland Asia

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